The match between Argentina and Costa Rica takes place at the Kempes Memorial Stadium in the province of Córdoba, formerly known as Córdoba, which was built for Argentina to host the 1978 World Cup and has a capacity of 57,000 spectators. Last October, the name was changed to commemorate the legendary goalscorer Mario Alberto Kempes, who was born here and won Argentina's first World Cup title.

Kempes worked as a coach after retiring as a military and now works for ESPN as a football commentator. This football legend who once played for River Plate has always cared for Rafael's little beet, and when Rafael was selected for the Copa America squad, he also came out to support Batista's choice, saying that the current national team should have given a place for local talents.

However, for Argentina's current number one superstar Messi, Kempes is much more demanding, he said that Messi owes Argentina a World Cup. Now that 2010 has passed, Messi should bring back a championship to Argentina in the 2011 Copa America.

That's Kempes' attitude.

When Messi stands on this field, I wonder if he will feel this heavy expectation and pressure?

"Why should I be under pressure? Isn't it you who owe me 7 assists if you are under pressure?" Messi pouted, warming up while looking at Rafael's suddenly sad and angry expression, and felt inexplicably comfortable in his heart.

The honest Messi has been hit by angels more times, and he has gradually begun to fall in love with the pleasure of hitting each other.

The Argentine team arrived in Córdoba a day early, as usual, and the advantage of playing at home is that they can use the playing venue as an Ezeiza base. Now, they're standing on the lawn here, training.

Because the afternoon training was not particularly important, Batista chose to open this training session so that the fans could enter and watch.

This is mainly due to the large number of fans gathered outside the stadium before the start of training, and they chose to climb the wall and drill through the cracks in the door to enter the stadium. There are not many in the beginning, one, two, three...... But fans kept breaking through the police and coming to the stands.

Considering the safety of the fans, the Argentine team agreed to allow the security to let the fans into the stadium, so in just half an hour, more than 4,000 fans gathered.

In fact, the Kempes Stadium is very large, there is a running track around the stadium, and the distance from the stands to the stadium is generally 35-80 meters, so the viewing effect is not ideal, but this can not stop the enthusiasm of these fans, under the cold wind howling, their voices can still be clearly transmitted to the ears of the players, so that the other party can feel their warm support.

Most of these fans are fans who can't afford to buy tickets, and Argentina's training in the stadium is their only chance to see Argentina in person at this Copa America, so even if it's cold and cold, even if it's embarrassing, they want to come in and see the stars.

And these fans often ask for less, and any Argentine player waves at them, and they can be thrilled for a long time.

"Brazil are here now, Rafael, do you think they will sneak in to see us train?" Rojo took the time to run between trainings, looking at the stands and exchanging words with Rafael.

"Why are you watching us train? Do you think they are in the mood for this?"

"I'm not sure about others, but you're not afraid of that...... Neymar ......: "Madness to beat you?"

Rojo touched his chin and was a little worried, thinking of the bloody storm on the Internet now, he admired Raphael's calmness very much.

Raphael was happy and smiled: "Don't worry, if he comes, among thousands of people, won't he be discovered at a glance? Moreover, why should I be afraid of him? He can't beat me." Raphael puffed out his chest proudly.

Rojo also remembered the group fight after the Copa Libertadores, convinced, and Raphael spent more than ten days at the base, he confirmed the truth of the newspaper statement about angels' hobby boxing, and he began to discuss the mystery of boxing with Raphael, and he was quite impulsive to learn from his teacher.

The two chatted with interest for five or six minutes, and Rafael also made a few gestures to Rohoby with his hands and feet, until he heard Batista, who had just returned from attending the press conference, standing behind him and coughing twice, and when he turned his head and saw the death stare from Messi, he grimaced and quickly ran away to continue training.

Messi's eyes swept over Rojo, who was still standing in place, and the youngest and promising defender in Argentina was furious in his heart - Mom, why does he think Messi is a little scary now? He doesn't seem to have offended this big guy......

Batista's press conference was mainly to announce his starting points for tomorrow's game, and his tactics and starting XI have changed dramatically in the face of a must-win game.

First of all, there is a change in the front, he took Tevez and Lavic, let Di Maria, Higuain, and Aguero form a new front trident, while Messi completely retreated to play in the front midfield. In the face of the aggressiveness of the media, coupled with the fact that the two of them were not enough to convince the public, Batista, who had in-depth communication with Messi during this time, finally made up his mind and kicked both of them out of the starting list with a bowl of water.

Although the beast privately told people that he was very uncomfortable in his position in the national team, not to mention that he had to carry the black pot for his poor performance, he was very depressed.

However, Tevez finally chose to obey and did not disagree with Battista in front of him, and Battista was already satisfied.

In midfield, in addition to Messi playing as a midfielder, the two behind him are Mascherano and Gago. Gago's two clever long passes in the last game managed to impress Batista, and the defensive spirit shown by Gago in training also impressed the midfielder. Cambiasso and Banega could only be laid off with regret.

Defence is unchanged, Zanetti and Zabaleta are one left and one right, Milito, who was sprayed with blood for a mistake in the last game, is still partnering Cambiaso in central defence, and the goalkeeper is Romero, who can't be beaten.

It's not that Batista doesn't want to solve the much-criticized defense, why did he play conservatively in the last game, and he didn't pay for the defense, but there was no way, he had no one to replace.

Now facing a team like Costa Rica, he has changed his thinking, that is, to replace defense with offense!

As for the hero of the last match, Rafael ...... Ahem, it's not in a desperate situation, under normal circumstances, Batista would not have the courage to start him.

Not to mention, Batista does not want to upset the balance and harmony of the current team.

In some ways, Batista is still well versed in the "golden mean".

The Argentine team's training did not last long, it ended around half-past six, and they said goodbye to the fans in a friendly way as they left, Pareja gave away his shirt, and Rafael took a ball for his teammates to sign, and then lifted the ball with his left foot and sent it to the stands.

As for whether the fans fought for the ball...... Ahem, that's none of their business.

At 9:45 p.m. on July 10, the final match of Argentina's group stage officially kicked off at the Kempes Stadium.

This time, the Argentine bench received a lot of broadcast footage.

Rafael was seated in the first row this time, with Marcos Rojo on the left and Ravitch on the right. The Argentine commentator smiled at a glance: "Oh, our angels sit next to their teammates differently every time, I remember against Bolivia, he was next to Pastore and Carrizo, it seems that he is very popular in the national team." ”

Indeed, Rafael can now talk to anyone in two sentences, and he has always been undisciplined about his seat on the bench, and whoever pulls him away first, he will sit with whomever he wants. And Rojo, who is no longer the starter, can strike first every time, after all, Yan Kong's combat effectiveness is generally relatively strong......

Argentina started the game aggressively, producing two dangerous shots in the space of two minutes, the first from Di Maria, Higuain's turnaround volley from the right of the penalty zone and the second from the left of Sergio Aguero's cross into the far corner.

"Oh, what a shame it was just now, if Aguero's pass had been a little more correct, Messi, who had escaped from the defense, would have been ready enough to put the ball in the back of the net. ”

Argentina's on-site commentator sighed regretfully, but he didn't care, and the style shown by Argentina today made him full of confidence: "In this game, Batista finally made tactical adjustments, changing from 433 to 4213, adding a fulcrum center Higuain in the attack, and Aguero and Di Maria, who are more compatible with Messi on the wings. The opponent Costa Rica, like Mexico, played with the national Olympic team. However, they are very confident, and their main striker, Martinez, said that if they can win against Bolivia, they can win against Argentina, and I sincerely hope that this pride can be retained after the game. Their head coach, Argentine Lavolpe, also thinks that the Argentine team has only seen the stars but not the team, but he is still very cautious and chose an 18-year-old player Calvo to specifically target Messi. Oh, it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of this player, because I didn't know him before yesterday. He only played in the Costa Rican Second Division, and after playing for a while, he went to Houston in the United States to study, and only played in his spare time. But don't underestimate this lad because of this, maybe after this game, he will be famous all over the world?"

The commentator's casual sarcasm, with full arrogance: "But judging from Messi's easy forward insertion just now, this player has not played a role for the time being......"

Fortunately, the player couldn't hear the commentary, otherwise, it is estimated that the defender would have exploded......